ND Nigeria Celebrates Liberals' Victory Today in Toronto: The
Liberals last night were swept into government with 72
seats, diminishing the once-mighty Tories to just 24 and
leaving the New Democrats with just seven seats, one shy of
official party status. McGuinty, 48, becomes only the second
Liberal premier of Ontario elected in the past 66 years —
David Peterson won in 1987 — and Ernie Eves becomes the first
sitting Conservative premier to lose government since 1934.

Voters yesterday took Dalton McGuinty's message to
heart and handed the Liberal leader a massive
majority government. "The people of Ontario have
chosen change"

McGuinty told hundreds of supporters in his victory
speech at Ottawa's Chateau Laurier Hotel last night.
They've chosen, if you stop and think about it,
they've chosen something more profound, they've
rejected a negative message and chosen a positive
one."

McGuinty, Eves and NDP Leader Howard Hampton were all
re-elected in their ridings. But, voters turned their backs
on the Tories' plan for more tax relief and endorsed
McGuinty's call for more funding for health and education.

In a Victory
Party Today in Toronto, Tony Ruprecht, the re-elected
Liberal MPP for Davenport riding reaffirmed the Liberals
commitment for reform and thanked the people of Ontario.

About
Tony Ruprecht

Tony Ruprecht was first elected
to the Ontario legislature in the west-end Toronto riding of
Parkdale in 1981. In 1999, he was elected to the riding of
Davenport.

In 1985, Tony was appointed
Ontario's first Minister Responsible for Disabled Persons.
He also served as Minister for Citizenship
(Multiculturalism) and was parliamentary assistant to the
Minister of Community and Social Services. In Opposition, he
has served as critic for Tourism and the Anti-Drug Strategy.
He is currently Liberal critic for Citizenship. Recently, he
introduced two bills on access to trades and professions
designed to lower unfair barriers for internationally
trained professionals.

Tony was elected as a senior
alderman in Toronto in 1978 and served on the Metro and
Toronto councils. Tony received his formal education at
Laurentian, Wichita State, and Miami Universities. He was an
assistant professor of political science at Nebraska W.
University, and taught comparative politics at Brandon
University and public administration at York University. He
was named Scholar of the Year at Laurentian University,
Huntington College.
Tony has written papers on Canada-U.S. relations and
authored a tax reform bill for the U.S. Congress. In 1990,
he made a unique contribution to Toronto's historic and
cultural life by publishing Toronto's Many Faces, a 400-page
guidebook to more than 65 diverse cultural communities.

Tony is the recipient of numerous honours including Knight
of Malta, Sovereign Military Order Saint John of Jerusalem;
Estonian Gold Medal of Honour; Medal of Valour and Merit,
Government of Portugal; Polish Golden Cross of Merit; Medal
of Honour, Philippine-Canada Friendship; and Honorary
Fellowship, Canadian School of Management.